The Cinnamon trust- volunteering
http://www.cinnamon.org.uk/home.html
A couple of days ago i registered to become a volunteer for The Cinnamon Trust,
With having dogs in our household i know that they become a big part of family life, and having just had a parent in hospital for afew days –i can empathy with and how the Cinnamon trust can help .
This blog is how our family starts out as a volunteer .
So far a registration form has been filled in- now i have to wait .
The National Charity for the elderly, the terminally ill and their pets
What is the Cinnamon Trust?
Cinnamon Trust is the only specialist national charity which seeks to relieve the anxieties, problems, and sometimes injustices, faced by elderly and terminally ill people and their pets, thereby saving a great deal of human sadness and animal suffering. The Trust was founded in 1985 by Mrs Averil Jarvis whose determination and dedication has ensured that the manifest need is
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The Trust’s primary objective is to respect and preserve the treasured relationship between owners and their pets. To this end it works in partnership with owners to overcome any difficulties that might arise. A national network of over 15,000 community service volunteers has been established to provide practical help when any aspect of day to day care poses a problem - for example, walking the dog for a housebound owner.
A national fostering service is provided for pets whose owners face a spell in hospital - volunteers take pets into their own homes and supply love and care in abundance until owner and pet can be reunited.
The Cinnamon Trust also provides long term care for pets whose owners have died or moved to residential accommodation which will not accept pets. Arrangements are made between owners and the Trust well in advance, if possible, so owners do have peace of mind in the knowledge that their beloved companion will have a safe and happy future. Emergency cards are available on request.
When a pet is in the Trust’s care either short term or long term because the owner is in care, the owner is kept in touch with visits, if possible, or regular photos and letters.
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as part of the volunteer
as part of the volunteer process we have to ask 2 people who have known us for more than 5 years to act as a reference,
on asking a framily friend if she would help out with this- we have found out that she is also a member of the Cinnamon trust, but she is hoping that if something happenes to her and her husband that a volunteer will look after her dogs ,where my daughter and i are hoping to be part of the hundreds of volunteers that look after these pets.
the trust have contacted our
the trust have contacted our referees now and with in a week or two we should be able to be part of this worthwhile trust,
an URGENT APPEAL
The Cinnamon trust are short of volunteers dog walkers to help their clients, if you live in the area which is flagged then you could help by walking the persons dog , either on its own or if your are walking your own dogs why not let another dog join in with the fun.
http://www.cinnamon.org.uk/volunteers.html
The Cinnamon Trust is a Registered Charity, No. 1134680
The Cinnamon Trust is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered office: 10 Market Square, Hayle, Cornwall TR27 4HE.
Company Number: 07004861.
If you know someone who would benefit from joining the Cinnamon Trust . eg they want to know that their pets will be looked after while they are ill ,please point them in the right section of the trusts web page.
both myself and my daughter
both myself and my daughter are now offical volunteers for the cinammon trust,
we had a rules booklet , posters , and id badges through the post,
part of volunteering is to advertize this charity, and to get people to know how they can help out.
we are looking forward to our first case.
today The Cinnamon Trust
today The Cinnamon Trust contacted us to see if we would be able to walk 2 dogs from the Smallthorne area,
this will only be for a 6 week period while their owner recovers from an operation.
we have our first clients.
i meet Farley a 7year golden
i meet Farley a 7year golden retiever and Lucy 8 year jack russell yesterday , they had been in boarding kennels for just over 6 weeks ,
they are both happy to be back with their owner, and their owner is so glad to have them back with her. they give her company and a sence of assurance,
i think that farley pined while in the kennels, he needs to be "fatted up" abit, but he a friendly boy wanting me to play ball, Lucy was a little bit more distant but allowed me to hello .
today i start the walks,
over the weekend i had an idea that would promote the Cinnamon Trust- it was a hi-vis jacket to be worn by the dog walker- to show people how this charity helps pets and their owners.
but today i find that this idea is already in their christmas catalogue.
http://www.cinnamon.org.uk/pdf/ct_catalogue_2010.pdf
the walks are going well,
the walks are going well, Farley pulls abit wanted to be ahead of us all, but he sits at the road side when about to cross over the road.
Farley has "fattened" up now .
Lucy walks lovely on the lead, doesnt pull, but does like to stop and sniff trees, walls, blades of grass, so we have learnt to walk in the middle of the pavement where she has to just walk.
she also sits at the pavement edge to wait until we cross the road.
the walks last about 45mins to an hour ,
both my daughter and i are
both my daughter and i are now waiting for the next oppertunity to help out with dog walking, our first client is well enough now to walk her own dogs,
we both enjoyed walking Lucy and Farley .
because im organising a charity fundog show at Haywood Engineering college , i contacted the cinnamon trust to enquire if they would like to have a stall at the event to promote their work.
eg- getting more volunteers to help their clients needs and to allow people to know that help is out there for their needed too.
so now a few volunteers from this area are meeting up to organise an information stand at the dog show event.
if you want more information about the cinnamon trust come aong on the day to ask your questions
organising the fun dog show
organising the fun dog show continues , and the cinnamon trust are sending out information sheets, poster and extra items to sell on the cinnamon trust stand which will be at the show,
3 ladies Jo from biddulph moor, Elissa from mowcop, Anna from newcastle and i are hoping to promote the cinnamon trust in and around the area.
watch out for us.
newcastles sainsburys has offered us a day to promote the trust . its not so much of collecting money but making people aware of the benefits of the trust .
Jo has managed to get afew special prizes for the raffle one being - a '1/2 day off road experiance' at one of the landrover off road centres .
im now armed with The
im now armed with The Cinnamon Trust talk pack - leaflets ,posters , the pet friendly care home book -did you know that there are 8 nursing homes in staffordshie that are willing to take in peoples pets while the owner is a resident of the home.
the pack will help me to give talks to interested groups of people,
in july im to give a talk to the beth johnson founation group meeting at cobridge community center ,
if there are any other interested groups who would like to have a Cinnamon trust talk let me know .
on The Cinnamon Information
on The Cinnamon Information stand at Haywood dog show 2nd April there is to be a raffle - £1 a ticket to be drawn on the day , the prize
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today ive being contacted by
today ive being contacted by the cinnamon trust to enquire if im able to help walk a King Charles Spaniel named Molly.
ive agreed to walk her and look forward to meeting her.
from the Haywood Fun dog show a cheque for £250 is on its way to the trust .
next local event is a stall at the Blue House vets in Biddulph their open day is on the 18th June 1-4pm .
That's great news about the
That's great news about the money raised.
have walked Molly twice now
have walked Molly twice now and she alovely little dog- doesnt pull, while walking via a lead.
always wagging her tail and she greets people as they walk pass.
she doesnt need to have a long walk - about a twenty minuet walk and then she tired out...
im taking her to the vets tomorrow to have a general check up, but the owner of Molly wants her to be spade -this will be done as soon as posible.
Molly was spayed today - she is now home with her owner recovering .
Wonderful blog
I've been a Cinnamon Trust volunteer in Devon for more than three years and it's really heartening to read of experiences like this. Sounds like you're doing fantastic work for the CT. Keep it up!
there will be a Cinnamon
there will be a Cinnamon Trust information stall at Jollyes pet store in Congleton
on Sunday 3rd June 9-5 pm
and on bank holiday Monday 4th June 10-4pm
Congleton Retail Park, Barn Road Congleton CW12 1LJ
Jo,Anna and myself will have afew of our own family pets to help out- im taking one of our ferrets .
our goal is to make people of this area more aware of the good work the Cinnamon Trust Charity do, with helping out elderly pet owners .and we hope to raise some money too.
there are still people in our
there are still people in our area that need to have volunteers to walk their dogs , so if you are interested in volunteering your time please contact The cinnamon trust for details on how to help out or to get help with walking or looking after your own pet.
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